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    The Xbox 360 is the second game console produced by Microsoft Corporation and is the successor to the original Xbox.

    Does it cost money to make a second Xbox Live gold account?

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    #1  Edited By K0rN

    I want to join bombing runs with other people but at the same time I want to keep my main account private. I would like to create a second social account for things like bombing runs. Does anyone here know if you can create a second XBL gold without having to pay money for that one?
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    #2  Edited By natetodamax
    @K0rN said:
    " I want to join bombing runs with other people but at the same time I want to keep my main account private. I would like to create a second social account for things like bombing runs. Does anyone here know if you can create a second XBL gold without having to pay money for that one? "
    When you create a new account you are automatically entitled for 1 month Gold Subscription free of charge. So you won't have to pay for a second one (at least for the first month)
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    #3  Edited By Emilio

    You can make as many gamertags as you wish. 
    BUT, if you want Xbox Live service for any of them, you have to get additional Live subscriptions for them. 

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    @natetodamax said:
    " @K0rN said:
    " I want to join bombing runs with other people but at the same time I want to keep my main account private. I would like to create a second social account for things like bombing runs. Does anyone here know if you can create a second XBL gold without having to pay money for that one? "
    When you create a new account you are automatically entitled for 1 month Gold Subscription free of charge. So you won't have to pay for a second one (at least for the first month) "
     
    What's to stop someone from making a new account every month?
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    #5  Edited By FluxWaveZ
    @Bellum said:

    " @natetodamax said:

    " @K0rN said:
    " I want to join bombing runs with other people but at the same time I want to keep my main account private. I would like to create a second social account for things like bombing runs. Does anyone here know if you can create a second XBL gold without having to pay money for that one? "
    When you create a new account you are automatically entitled for 1 month Gold Subscription free of charge. So you won't have to pay for a second one (at least for the first month) "
     What's to stop someone from making a new account every month? "
    You can only do it 3 times max.  Then the 1 month Gold bonus doesn't work for new accounts any longer and they just start with Silver.
     
    I should know; I've done it.
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    #6  Edited By K0rN

    Well that sucks that I have to pay more money for more accounts when I am already paying a subscription.
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    @FluxWaveZ said:
    " @Bellum said:

    " @natetodamax said:

    " @K0rN said:
    " I want to join bombing runs with other people but at the same time I want to keep my main account private. I would like to create a second social account for things like bombing runs. Does anyone here know if you can create a second XBL gold without having to pay money for that one? "
    When you create a new account you are automatically entitled for 1 month Gold Subscription free of charge. So you won't have to pay for a second one (at least for the first month) "
     What's to stop someone from making a new account every month? "
    You can only do it 3 times max.  Then the 1 month Gold bonus doesn't work for new accounts any longer and they just start with Silver.  I should know; I've done it. "
     
    Well damn.
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    #8  Edited By Rayfield
    @K0rN said:
    "Well that sucks that I have to pay more money for more accounts when I am already paying a subscription. "

    Dude if you didn't have to pay, every racist, homophobic asshole on Xbox Live would have hundreds of accounts and the whole multiplayer concept would be rendered unusable.
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    #9  Edited By Suicidal_SNiper
    @Rayfield said:
    " @K0rN said:
    "Well that sucks that I have to pay more money for more accounts when I am already paying a subscription. "
    Dude if you didn't have to pay, every racist, homophobic asshole on Xbox Live would have hundreds of accounts and the whole multiplayer concept would be rendered unusable. "
    What stops this from happening on the Playstation Network?
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    #10  Edited By Rayfield
    @Suicidal_SNiper said:
    " @Rayfield said:
    " @K0rN said:
    "Well that sucks that I have to pay more money for more accounts when I am already paying a subscription. "
    Dude if you didn't have to pay, every racist, homophobic asshole on Xbox Live would have hundreds of accounts and the whole multiplayer concept would be rendered unusable. "
    What stops this from happening on the Playstation Network? "

    Hmm, touche.
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    #11  Edited By Mmmslash
    @Suicidal_SNiper:  Next to no one has a mic.
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    #12  Edited By MikkaQ
    @Suicidal_SNiper said:
    " @Rayfield said:
    " @K0rN said:
    "Well that sucks that I have to pay more money for more accounts when I am already paying a subscription. "
    Dude if you didn't have to pay, every racist, homophobic asshole on Xbox Live would have hundreds of accounts and the whole multiplayer concept would be rendered unusable. "
    What stops this from happening on the Playstation Network? "
     
    They don't have headsets. 
     
    Boom. 
     
     
    (Note: I am not part of this problem, I -got- mine)
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    @Suicidal_SNiper: Headsets aren't standard. 
     
    My time in HOME (before public voice chat was removed) was far worse than anything I ever experienced on Live the past 7+ years.
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    #14  Edited By Sinatra

    You can have unlimited Gold Accounts as long as you pay for them all. 

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